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RÖKK
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Origin and Meaning
Proto-Germanic
*rekwaz = 'darkness'
Gothic
riqis = 'darkness' [1]
Old Norse
rökkr = 'twilight' [2]
røkkr = 'twilight' [3]
røkk-r = 'darkness' [1]
rökkva = 'to grow dark', 'darken' [2]
røkkva = 'to grow dark' [3]
rökr = 'twilight' [2]
røkr = 'twilight' [3]
rökva = 'to grow dark', 'darken' [2]
Icelandic
rökkur = 'twilight' [4]
Related names
See Rǫkkvi
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| DIS | see Rökkurdís |
See also Ragnarǫk
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Sven B. F. Jansson: Norstedts isländsk-svenska ordbok (1994)